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Coast Guard District 11 Region names active duty and reserve enlisted people of the year

Mar 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on Coast Guard District 11 Region names active duty and reserve enlisted people of the year

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Two California-based Coast Guard Petty Officers were chosen as the Active Duty Enlisted Person of the Year (EPOY) and Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year (REPOY) for the 11th Coast Guard District region during a recognition banquet Friday at Coast Guard Island in Alameda.

Last year’s Reserve Enlisted Petty Officer of the Year, Petty Officer First Class William M. Hilt, announced the following D11 regional winners chosen from 33 nominees:

These regional winners are eligible for national honors along with their peers from other regions around the nation. The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard will recognize the national winners at an event in Washington, D.C., tentatively set for the week of May 7.

“I’m proud of Petty Officers Lograsso’s and Caliguire’s accomplishments, their leadership and their unwavering commitment to serve their community—they are the Coast Guard’s success stories,” said Rear Adm. Joseph “Pepe” Castillo, 11th District Commander. “EPOY is one of the many ways we recognize our stellar performers; this is a special occasion where our members’ community – their home away from home – derive a benefit from their leadership and performance learned in the Coast Guard.”

The EPOY programrecognizes exceptional men and women in the Coast Guard’s enlisted workforce who are top performers. Considered as the “best and brightest” from the field, these individuals are selected by a panel of senior enlisted members who evaluate each nominee against a set of established criteria that includes performance, work ethics, military bearing, standards of conduct and a strong community service commitment.

Although it encompasses an area of responsibility to include California, Arizona and Nevada, the 11th Coast Guard Districtis part of a larger Bay Area presence of Coast Guard members who number approximately 4,000 serving at rescue boat stations, buoy tenders, air stations, cutters, training centers, and regional headquarters that coordinate operations throughout the Pacific. Coast Guard men and women here perform a variety of missions, including search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine safety inspections, protection of fisheries, aids-to-navigation, port security and anti-terrorism patrols, illegal drug and migrant interdiction, and environmental protection.